COURSE CODE: 8024

Agricultural Business Operations II

SCED Code: 18201
Virginia Extended Description: II
Suggested Grade Level: 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: FFA
Non-Traditional?: F

This course builds upon knowledge gained in Agricultural Business Fundamentals (8022) and emphasizes agricultural occupations, business procedures, merchandising, marketing, agribusiness management, and emerging and niche markets. Students will learn about agricultural products, the agricultural service industry, and leadership development. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

Notes

Competencies within this course ensure compliance with the National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendments Act (Public Law 116-7). Through this legislation, students are provided opportunities for leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.
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Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Agribusiness Systems
  • Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
  • Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
  • First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
  • Sales Managers
  • Economists
Animal Systems
  • Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
Environmental Service Systems
  • Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Natural Resources Systems
  • Fish and Game Wardens
Plant Systems
  • Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
  • Floral Designers
  • Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
  • Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Power, Structural, & Technical Systems

Pathway Occupation
Accounting
  • Accountants and Auditors
  • Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
Banking Services
  • Accountants and Auditors
  • Bill and Account Collectors
  • Compliance Officers
  • Credit Analysts
  • Financial Managers
  • Loan Officers
Business Finance
  • Accountants and Auditors
  • Bill and Account Collectors
  • Economists
  • Financial and Investment Analysts
  • Project Management Specialists
  • Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
  • Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
  • Tax Preparers
Insurance
  • Customer Service Representatives
  • Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
  • Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
  • Insurance Sales Agents
  • Insurance Underwriters
Securities & Investments
  • Financial and Investment Analysts
  • Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
  • Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
  • Tax Preparers

Pathway Occupation
Marketing Communications
  • Advertising and Promotions Managers
  • Marketing Managers
  • Public Relations Managers
  • Public Relations Specialists
  • Sales Managers
Marketing Management
  • Advertising and Promotions Managers
  • Chief Executives
  • General and Operations Managers
  • Marketing Managers
  • Public Relations Managers
  • Retail Salespersons
  • Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Marketing Research
  • Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Merchandising
  • Customer Service Representatives
Professional Sales
  • Human Resources Managers
  • Sales Managers
  • Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products

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